Anyone know of any import dragracing events next year?

 

the 820 yo! its tiiite

 

I don't think there are any scheduled at Texas Motorplex.

 

they are not doing any more import races at texas motorplex

 

The bigger sanctioning bodies (NHRA, NOPI, IDRC) stopped bringing events to Texas as of 2005 and unfortunately, have no plans to come back to Texas at this time because of lack of fanbase (go figure). The closest event is NHRA in Denver, CO. Some smaller events are being held around the Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana area......
Ex. www.importfaceoff.com

 

of course now-a-days just about every drag stip has an import class, run on a regular basis. the pay outs are not so bad, and the costs are less

 

Lack of a fan base? Probably has alot to do with there marketing toward the urban and car show people. I raced at one of the events in august a year or two ago. At this event I was asked not to ride my bicycle through the area roped off for the "show" cars. So I asked the promoter for the event who was telling me not to do this why are the other people that are doing the same thing as we speak on golf carts minibikes not being asked to stop riding here. He replied and said that those people were part of the car show and thats why they could ride here. So I said to the promoter that I was one of the racers here and he said that it didnt matter I still couldnt ride here. At this point I asking where would your car show be without the racers here? No fan base???? No wonder. Thanks NHRA for being dumped on!! I have attended every last import event in Texas and raced in half of them. Not everybody that owns an import is in to body kits,urban music, and stereo competions. I thought at one point there were supposed to be races involved here!

 

It's a sad truth. Every time i tell someone that i have a drag car their ears purk up and thay say what kind. As soon as i say Mazda you can see the look on their faces as they loose intrest. When people think import bad things come to mind, no wonder noone wants to go to the import drags.

 

why not start a texas import drag racing series? get this thing going again

 

That's a good idea. If your serious we might be able to make this work.

We would need buy-in from a couple of major dragstrips and a couple of title sponsors.

We can develop a short series run of like 4-6 races with a finals in the late fall (Since it's possible to race in Texas well into November.)

Maybe consider the development a no-compete or pro class so shops don't show up and dominate the series. The events were killer until they started getting dominated by 2 or 3 RX-7s and a couple of Supras. After a while it became the same old same old.

Ideas?

 

I dont think that a "import only" series will work anymore but if we could get a sanction body like Clash Of The Titans to create an import class that would be really fun.

 

I'd be interested in organizing something. would hate to close the door to "shop cars," just run several different classes. you would need a FWD, RWD, all motor, and maybe a "BPU street tire" class.
might be abble to run in cunjunction with another series, or test and tune, instead of renting the track
if you have to rent the track out, run braket racing or time trials between rounds. these people help pay for the track

 

I agree renting the track out is not a good idea.

In fact it might be the worst possible scenario...

I talked with Steve yesterday and we discussed some various options and failures of the past and what could work if some effort got behind a series like this. I know a local promoter here in town, I am going to approach him and see what he thinks as far as the local crowd and what type of event the scene can support now.

 

why not extend this to the bikes, and air cooled cars too

 

Of course... you know the VW guys are always down.

 

you could probably get them to do an import shoot out thing on friday nights every once in a while without going into too much expense or taking up the whole night. kind of a mini bracket race during the middle of a regular night. add $5 for those that want to enter, a small prize for quick et and low reaction time, and just see how it catches on. call texas motorplex and talk to trey about it, he's pretty cool to deal with.

the sad thing about import racing is that 90% of the cars you see are the typical riced out fast n furious wannabees with 4k in mods to a $500 car that doesn't even make it faster.

i'll spread the word in the bike world if something gets going.

 

they already have those import classes on friday nights, this would be a little bigger because you have several classes.

DrKillyoy: let me know how I can help clint@trackreadyperformance.net

 

Instead of creating a new event, the RX7 community needs to support the few import races that are already around. San Antonio Raceway just had an import vs domestic drag event with thousands in cash payouts. The Import Quick 16 was full, but not a single RX7 was in it. :-/ Results are on www.StreetTrends.net The Import class paid down to semis and the first place winner (a honda) won $1000.

 

Here's some info from Honda-tech.com about the next import drag event in SA...

"Import Face-Off: Sunday, February 26th at San Antonio Raceway. www.ImportFaceOff.com (not yet updated with SA specifics)

Gates open at 10 am. Heads up qualifying at 11:00, 12:00, and 1:00. Heads up eliminations at 2:30, 4:00, and 5:00.

ENTRY FEES
Spectator $13 with flyer (regular $15)
Bracket Racer $20
Heads Up Racer $35
Stereo Crank it up info: http://www.SoundOff.org

FWD QUICK 8 HEADS UP - payout = 1st $700, R/U $200, Semi 1 $50, Semi 2 $50
Heads-Up, Pro-tree (.400) class for FWD only, import or domestic sport compact unibody chassis vehicles with functional doors. Tube chassis prohibited. Slicks allowed. Wheelie bars permitted but cannot touch the ground at the starting line. One piece front ends allowed. Only 4-cylinder entries allowed. No air-cooled or rotary entries permitted. No restriction on power adder type or combination thereof. *Must have 8 entries for full payout. Less than eight cars will receive half the normal payout.

STREET CLASS QUICK 8 HEADS UP - payout = 1st $600, R/U $200
Heads –Up Pro-tree (.400) class for import or domestic sport compact unibody vehicles with functional doors. Tube chassis prohibited. D.O.T tires allowed. Racing slicks are prohibited. Any 4 and 6 cylinder, 2 rotor and 3 rotor entries allowed. No air-cooled entries permitted. No restriction on power adder type or combination thereof. Any transmission allowed. Must run at least one muffler with exhaust system that exits behind or within 12 inches from the rear wheels. Open exhaust prohibited. *Must have 8 entries for full payout. Less than eight cars will receive half the normal payout

ALL MOTOR QUICK 4 HEADS UP payout = 1st $300, R/U $100
Heads-Up, Pro-tree (.400) class for naturally aspirated import or domestic sport compact chassis vehicles. Sicks allowed for FWD only. RWD limited to DOT approved tires. No power adders allowed. Import vehicles may run 4, 5, & 6 cyclinder motors, as well as 2, 3, and 4 rotor motors. Domestic manufactured vehicles are limited to 4 cylinder engines. *Must have 4 entries for full payout. Less than four cars will receive half the normal payout

BRACKET CLASSES
Bracket class is for any import or FWD domestic sport compact vehicle. Any 4, 5, 6, 8 cylinder and 2 or 3 Rotor import manufacturer engine allowed. Air-cooled entries allowed. No restriction on power adder type or combination thereof. Any transmission allowed. Slicks or DOT tires allowed. Any type of exhaust allowed. Motorcycles must be of import origin. RWD Domestic V8s prohibited.
BRACKET ET1: ET-Handicapped eliminator (dial-in) using a Sportsman-Tree (.500) for cars running 15.00 & slower. Payout = $100
BRACKET ET2: ET-Handicapped eliminator (dial-in) using a Sportsman-Tree (.500) for cars 14.99 and faster. Payout = $100
BRACKET ET3: ET-Handicapped eliminator (dial-in) using a Sportsman-Tree (.500) for motorcycles running 9.00 & slower. Payout = $100 Less than 10 bikes will receive half the payout

OTHER ACTIVITIES: Car/Truck/Bike show with 25+ classes, burnout contest, vendors, etc."

 

Very interesting..... Is there anywere we can look at the results from the racing? Just wondering what we would be up against.

 

Might actually be worth making the drive.

 

I would still really like to see a local series, there is nothing in dallas and nothing in houston. with a bike class and an air cooled class

 

Yes, go to www.ImportFaceOff.com - they have results for every location from previous years.

IFO has a bike class and they used to have an air cooled class, but that was dropped years ago. There were never enough air cooled cars show up to justify making a class for them.